Mason Espinosa

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Mason Espinosa
DePauw Tigers
Position: Offensive coordinator
Personal information
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Cookeville (TN)
College: Ohio Wesleyan
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Defiance (2014–2015)
    Graduate assistant & quarterbacks coach
  • Denison (2016–2018)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Denison (2019–2021)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • Denison (2021)
    Interim co-offensive coordinator
  • Wooster HS (OH) (2021)
    Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • DePauw (2022–present)
    Offensive coordinator
Career highlights and awards
  • NAL Most Valuable Player (2021)
  • First Team All-NAL (2021)
  • Second Team All-NAL (2017)

Mason Espinosa is a former professional American football quarterback and current coach for the DePauw Tigers football team. He has also played for the Albany Empire, the Erie Explosion and the Billings Wolves. [1] [2] [3] Espinosa played college football for Ohio Wesleyan University. He currently holds 17 individual Ohio Wesleyan records, as well as being the all-time North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) career leader in passing yards and total yards, while also setting a single season NCAC record for completions. [4]

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He was also an assistant football coach at Granville, Ohio-based Denison University, for the 2016–17 and 2017-18 seasons. [5]

College career

Espinosa played college football at Ohio Wesleyan University. He was a 4-time all NCAC selection, and was the NCAC Player of the Year in 2012. In addition, he was named the ohiocollegefootball.com First-Team All-Ohio quarterback in 2012, and a Beyond Sports Network All-American that same year. [6] [7] He was the MVP of the 2013 National Bowl Game. [8] In total, Espinosa finished as the record holder to 17 different records for Ohio Wesleyan, in addition to being the Conference's all-time record holder in career passing yards (11,069), total yards (10,839), and completions (1004), ranking him statistically among the best to have played Division III football. [9] [10]

Professional career

Erie Explosion

Espinosa signed with the Erie Explosion of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) for the 2015 season. [1] In his rookie year, he was an Honorable Mention for Rookie of the year and was the Week 9 PIFL Offensive Player of the week. [11]

Columbus Lions

Espinosa started the 2016 season with the Columbus Lions of American Indoor Football (AIF). [12]

Billings Wolves

In late March 2016, Espinosa signed with the Billings Wolves of the Indoor Football League (IFL). [13] He led the Wolves to their only playoff appearance and was the IFL's week 10 Offensive Player of the Week. [11] [14]

Columbus Lions (second stint)

For the 2017 season, Espinosa signed and played with the Columbus Lions of the NAL. He was voted 2nd team All-NAL and was 2-time NAL Player of the Week, while leading Columbus to the NAL championship game against the Jacksonville Sharks, where they lost 27–21. [15] [16] [17] He has re-signed with the Lions for 2018. [3]

Albany Empire

On March 5, 2019, Espinosa was assigned to the Albany Empire of the Arena Football League.[ citation needed ]

Columbus Lions (third stint)

With the AFL closing down its teams in anticipation of either closure or reformatting as a touring league, the Columbus Lions re-signed Espinosa for the 2020 season. [18]

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References

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  3. 1 2 "Lions resign standout QB Mason Espinosa". nationalarenaleague.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
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  11. 1 2 "Billings Wolves' QB Mason Espinosa putting up eye-popping numbers". Billingsgazette.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
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  16. ↑ "4 COLUMBUS LIONS NAMED TO ALL-NAL OFFENSIVE SQUAD". columbuslions.net.
  17. ↑ "Lions Nation, I wanted to personally thank you for a great 2017 season". columbuslions.net. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Espinoza resigns with Lions for 2020 Season". www.nationalarenaleague.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16.
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